The New York Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1845, Page 1

Vol. X¥., No. 200 Whole No, 4162, HIGHLY IMPORTANT RELATIVE 0 THE OREGON QUESTION. Conclusive Views of the Administration, (From the Washington Union, (Official Organ,) Nov. 6.) Tak Whoir or Oxxcon, on Nowe—this is the only al- ternative as an issue of territorial right. We wholly de- ny the break in the American titie at latitude 49 deg.— We hold that our title from 42 deg. to 54 deg. 40 min. one title, and, as we believe, a perfect title against all the world. As the question has been discussed fora quarter of a century between us and England, we are not uware of one argument—scarcely of one phrase purport- ing to be an argument—which carries our title up to 49 deg. and there stops. We claim as matter of right the territory draing! by the Columbia river. In the view of the law of nations, this territory being unoccupied, has its distinctive character and unity as one region, in the fact that it isso drained. And as one region, we either own it, or we do not own it. Away, then, once for all, with such nonsence as “the claim of England north of 49 deg. is better than our claim !” Let us at least know clearly, and state accu- rately, what we do in this matter. ned expedieut (as matter of compromise, and to hush up a dispute) to give away to England a certain portion of that land, all of which we consider ours ; or it, from any other motives of high national coucernment, it may have been deemed wise to compromise the question of possession, let us say so, and put our past action on that ground. But let us make no attempt to cloak our policy under a pretended inferiority of our title to the land so sacrificed, Ne such pretence can save us. Again, we must speak to the democratic party of the United States. But we dare to hope that many a liberal whig will feel the force of the appeal which the interests of his county will make to his patriotism on this import- ant question. We especially address ourselves, howe- ver, at thia time, to the democratic party, because of the peculiar circumstances which have connected them in Past times with the question of Oregon. They became peculiarly connected with it by their public avowals near eighteen months ago. The Baltimore convention expressed the deepest interest in the territory of Oregon. In the canvass of the presidential election, the same de- cided sentiments were manifested, The President’s ficst ‘ng, manly word, in full response to that con- to the Oregon our right is clear and un- questionable Let that word be spoken again by the man whom mil- lions of freemen have called to occupy the ‘great cen- tral post of the civilization of popular power,” and who doubts but that the democracy of the whole Union will repeat it—with a full determination to stand by. the rights ofthe country? When that word goes forth from the constituted authorities of the nation, “ Our right to Oregon is clear and unquestionable,” who doubts that it will go through the length and breadth of the land, and that it will be hailed, as it goes, by the democratic party with one unanimous amen ? And what then? We answer this then—the democracy of this country will stand to its word. It will not flinch. Nor wie the honest, patriotic end determined wig flinch either. We observe that several journals are greatly occu- qed with rumors ofa proposition submitted, or about to be eubmitted, by the knglish government, that Oregon shall remain for some 20 years longer under the stiptla- tion of 1818, in the joint occupation of the two nations, with the understanding that, at the close of the stipulat. ed period, the Oregon colonists may decide for them- selves whether they will then exist as an independent uation, or whether they will belong to the U. States or to Englend, A few days ago we took occasion to show how this theory of joint occupation works in practice.— We then showed that it resulted through the surreptt- tious agency of the Hudson Bay Company, in the ex- tension of English law over the whole unoocupied ter- ritory, while every measure recognising the American citizens there as our citizens, and as entitled to the pro- tection of our laws, had been regarded in England, at least, as violating the treaty stipulation. In our A ment, it is full time thut this state of things should cease. We beliove that Congress will so decree, On the subject of the rumored proposition to which we have alluded, we quote with pleasure the following just sentiments from the French journal in New York, the Courrier des Etats Unis. They are entitled to the more consideration as the sentiments of a comparatively disin- terested third party. “Letnot the Americans,” says the Courier, “be de- “ceived. All that England wishes, all that she aims at in presenting this proposition, is to gain time. Of what in- terest to her isa sojourn of a few years in Oregon?— ‘What she desires is a permanent position on the Pacific shore of the Americancontinent. We may rest assured that she wiil not risk the chances of this hazardous pro- position, unless she counts on the new elements which the lapse of twenty years cannot fail to bring into the question, and, if need be, on the weight of her golil scat- tered by hands full in Oregon, to incline im her favor the doubtful balance of decision, when the hour of decision shall sound.” How much these considerations are emphasised by the presence and the agency in that region of the great cor- porate organization to which we have alluded, Ys but too manifest. We hold, with the Courier, that such a pro- position from England can be no more than a propenition, to guintime, Aud now we say, once for all, that we know of no evidence whatever that any such proposi- tion has been, or will be, submitted by the British gov- ernment. Meantime, the question must como up in the next Con- gress, What chall we do in relation to our citi: Oregon?” And we have no doubt that the patrio Congress will answer, in view of all the facts—reco; nise them, protect them, establish communication wit! them, and extend to them a participation of our own free republican goverument. VIEWS OF THE ION. DANIEL WEBSTER ON THE OREGON QUESTION, &C. Annexed is the speech, in full, delivered by Mr. Webster, last Friday night, to a great whig meeting in'Boston. It is intended to affect the election in Massachusetts, to be held to-day, and foreshadows the position that Mr. Webster, and the New Eng- land portion, at least, of the whig delegation to Con- gress will take in opposition to the Administration. It is important, when taken into view with the arti- cle from the organ of the administration. * * * * * * Gentlemen, there are topics before the country, be- foro the people of this Commonwealth, on which Ihave on this occasion, to address a few words to you. The immediate occasion, which now calls us together, is the election of officers of the State Government. Those who have administered that government for the last year are the candidates of the whigs for re-election. | shall say nothing of the manner in which their duties have been discharged by them; for ifthere is any objec- tion made to their conduct, that objection has not reach- ed me. I know of no reason connected with their offi- 1 duty which should prevent any of us, who asa whig adheres still to whig principles, from giving his support and his vote for the re-election of George N. Briggs and John Reed. But then it is undoubtedly true that every State election, I mean every general State election, has some bearing on those great, general ques- tions of national policy,, the decision of which is con- filed to the general a9 ‘ernment, in which the people of the Commonwealth have a deep and abiding interest. it is my purpose to offer afew remarks only on one or two of those national questions this evening. Gentlemen, one of the most prominent and most im- portant duties confided to the General Government the care and preservation of the foreign relations of the country. ‘The foreign relations, in a peculiar manner, are entrusted to the discretion, the authority, and the power of the General Government. At the present mo- mentall perceive that in regard to our foreign relations there is one, and I am happy to say but one question of exciting interest. It is of a nature so delicate and im- portant, that while there rests upon it the peace and hap- piness of the country, it is nevertheless a question upon which it is not easy'to speak with security and care, be- fore a public audience. I refer, gentlemen, to the ques- tion now pending as a question of main interest, between the United States and Great Britain on the subject of Oregon. ; a fT suppose it is the sentiment of every sensible and just man, that the preservation of the peace of the cona- iry on honorable terms, and under circumstances favor- able to the great interests ef the country, is an object in itself highly desirable. I suppose I may take it for ranted that, in the judgment of this assembly, the pub- fic pence of two great commercial countries, which hold together a daily intercourse exceeding that between avy other two countries in the world, shall not be light- ly disturbed. And upon the foundation of these general ideas to say aword or two upon a subjeet which seems within a few days to have excited considerable alarm. the question of the Oregon Territory. at question? How does it stand? The Oregon ‘Territory embraces that part of the continent which lies west of the Stony Mountains, and between the Stony Mountains and the Pacific. It i# not necessary to go into the history of the discovery of the territory, ‘or of the rights which one or the other party find to it. Itis enough to suy it is indispate between England and the United States ; and has been in dispute for fort: i ontroversy seems now to be approaching a sort of crisis ; and there ure, from time to time, symptoms of alarm on one side of the’ Atlantic or the other, as to the consequence of the course of polie which either Government may pursue Let us look fairly and calmly and see how it stands. The territory, a8 | have said, has been the subject of claim in whole or in part, by both Governments, fora great many ears, Jt has constantly been subject of nogotiation, and yet the governments have not been able to agree. As far back a8 1818, not being able to come to terms of agreo- ment, they stipulated by a Convention, which is in force at this present moment, that the whole territory should be thrown open to both countries until the boun was finally settled. That was the provision of coi tion, which was confined at firstto a limit of ten years afterwards continued by agreement indefinitely —or until one of the two nations expressed a disposition to termi- nate it. ‘That signification of a disposition to end it has never been givon by either party, and the whole country of Oregon at this moment is open to the hunting, the set- tlements, the commerce and the ships of both nations, under treaty stipulations. Now, gentlemen, [desire to speak with the utm care, and | hope that | may not be in the slightest yice misunderstood, while I proceed to make a few 16 jnarks on this subject. Andin tho first place, J aay to you, and through you to the country, what all know, thet inthe whole scope of thie question, it appears that | th ject for negotiation, for discussion, for ami | cable settlement; and so it has been regarded by both governments for the whole length of time. It was be- cause the two governments could not agree as to the | proper division of the territory, or upon any other satis- factory arrangement, thet in 1818 they determined on | joint occupation until they could come to some under- standing about it. And with the same spirit, this govern- | ment, atthree dierent times, in 1814 1824, in 1826, | has proposed ty the British government a straight line of | division, the parallel of 49 degrees, all north of which | should bo assigned to England, and all south belong to America, While the English government did not ac- cede to this proposition of our goverument, it did not | insist upon any right to the whole of Oregon. ‘There- fore the position of the question 18 that by the admission | of both governments through this long series of years, | is that of a question for di i negotiation and | compromise, and atmicabl (Prolonged ap- | plause.) Now, gentlemen, I read with interest, of course, the discussion upon this subject in the House of Commons, three months ago, resulting inan expression of opinion from the Br that hous guage of that mii t our side of the question as he did to his. 1 have nothing to complain of as tothe temper of that language; | am free to say that it wasa temper becoming a large mind- ed, liberal, and just statesman. But what the British minister said in the House of Commons—in its sum and substance—was, that England had rights in regard to this question that must be and would be respected. I adopt the same language on our side, and say that we also have rights that ought to be, must be, and will be respectud. Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I do not purpose to express to you an opinion upon this subject. 1 have uo better opinion than any one of you as to the manner in which t justment ought to be made, but I have full con the utmost confidence, that it can be made ; that be made by wise and moderate measures ina manner perfectly consistent with the honor and with ail the | rights of all parties. (Cheers ) | Lam the more confident of this when I look a little for- | ward and see the state of things which is not far in ad- | vance. Where is Oregon? On the shores of the Pa- cific, three thousand miles from us and twice as far from settlers undoubtedly fromEngland; but all Anglo Saxons; all men educated in notions}o! independent government and all selfdependent. And now let mo ai any sensible man in the whole United States who will persons of this description shall find themselves onthe shores of the Pacific Ocean, that they will long consent to be under the rules either of the American Congress or the British Parliament? They will raise a standard for themselves, and they ought to do it. I look forward to the period when they will do this as not so far distant,but that many now present, and those not among the young- est of us, will see a great Pacific republican nation. I believe that it is inthe course of Providence and of hu man destiny that a great State is to arise, of English and American descent, whose power will be established over the country on the shores of the Pacific ; and that all those rights of natural and political liberty, all those great priniples that both nations have inherited from their fathers, willbe transmitted through us to them, so that there will exist at the mouth of the Colam- bia, or more probably farther south, a great Pacific re public, a nation where our children ay go for a resi- dence, separating themselves from this government, and forming on integral part of # new government, half way between England aud China; in the most healthful, fer- tile, and desirable portion of the globe, and quite too far remote frum Europe andfrom this side of the American Continent to be under the governmental influence of either country. ‘This state of things is by no means so far off'as we may imagine; by no means so remote from the present time at may be supposed ; and looking to this state of things, this question becomes one upon which intelligent and well-disposed men might very readily come to an agree- ment. But, gentlemen, in this point of view is this a subject upon Which it is’ proper by popular appeal, or by loud representations of patriotism, or by a sort of stormy de- fiance of the power of a great nation on our side—is it proper on the otner side by cries about the maritime ascendancy of England, the great wealth, the dignity, the power, the martial prowess of England, is it a ques- tion on which, by outcries of this sort on either side of the ocean, these two great communities are to be em- broiled and plagued in all their commercial and friendly relations—or to be compelled to run into the horrors of war? No, gentlemen! the spirit of the age is against it Thave said, I will not undertake to express an opinion as to the manner in which the question may be settled I will say, however, what appears to be natural. It is well known that the 49th degree of north latitude is the boundary line, between the western part of this coun- try, and the British provinces, as far as the foot of the Stony Mountains. It seems to be natural enough if the two governments contemplate a change, that they should agree to an extension of this same line westward; that the two should keep on abreast, side by sido, with the same line of division till they reach the Pacific Ocean. It is well known, that about where the Colum- bia River crosses the 49th parallel, it makes a turn and flows nearly southward. Very well. Suppose it made aa sudden a sweep to the northward. England would then naturally say, this river, which has been making tward, sweeps to the northward ; instead of making with ita great bend to the north, we will leave it and o on straight to the Pacific Ocean on this parallel of 49 degre ‘or the same reason, it is not unnatural for j the United les to say, since it proves that the river makes a circuit to the south—instead of following that | circuit, we will go straight upon the 49th parallel till we meet the shore of the Pacific Ocean. i This very Erpresiiee has been made to the British government three successive times. It was made in °18, 1p “24, and in "26—again and again, to follow up the 49th parallel, westward from the Lake of the Woods, not only to ‘the foot of the Rocky Mountains, but over the mountains and onward to the ocea! I am not about to say whether this is a proper division of the territory or not. Bat Ido say, that as it has been so often repeated in this manner twenty-five, and twenty, and eighteen yoars ago, is an admission that there is something to negociate about, and treat about for either side ; that it is not a question free from difficulty on either side. (Applause.) Now, gentlemen, who is the man at the head of either government, who will take upon himeelf the responsibi- lity of bringing on a war, between two rations like Great Britain and America, upon a question of this kind, until is prepared to show that anything and everything that he could do, has been done to avoid such a terrible ulti- mate result?’ [Mr. W., was interrupted here by renewed cheers.) Ifa British minister under whose administra. up in Parliament and show that it is not his fault, cannot show that he has done everything which an honest and sosition for an hour. [Cheers.] And in the same senso and spirit | say, that if in this country, any party shall, | before we are aware of it, plunge us into a war upon this | question, it must expect to meet avery severe interroga- tory from the American people ; must expect to prepare itself to show that it has done all it could, without any | bias from the pride of success or the love of war—all | that it could do, to keep the nation safe from so great a | | calamity, with the preservation of its rights and it: | honor. | Gentlemen, it appears to me that any man, prime mi- nister of England or President of the United States, who should unnecessarily light up the flames of war upon such a subject, (flames let me add that will bnrn the whole globe) may well consider the gonius of | his country addressing to him the words whic the orn- | tor of Rome supposed the genius of his country would | address to him if he did not queli the Cataline conspiracy | —tuAn owes dello vaitabiinr alia, veraburiter. werber, tects | ardebunt; tum te non existimas invidie incendio eonflagra- twcun.” Applause.) No, gentlemen! the man who shall, meautiously, o1 led on by false ambition, or party pride,kindle those fires of war over tho globe on this question must look out for confingration of general reproach. [Prolonged cheers. ] ‘There will be a public indignation before which no popularity public or private can stand—it will melt down every monument of the dead, it will destroy all respect for the living, it will burn up every vestige of respect for individual’ worth, if unnecessarily, it recklessly, if ambitiously, it has plunged the subjects and citizens of d Christiun States of the world into war—a *hall turn cities to smoke—shall cost thousands and hun- dred of thousands ot lives—ond those smoking cities, and that destruction of property, and that sacrifice of life shall be found over the whole globe, i and longitude, surrounding the ball on which we live. Now, gentlemen, I do not propose that on this subject we tae any alarm: I propose that we keep ourselves cooland calm. In some of the southern cities there jon, that they think they can play the smi fely, in a small style, — | talk of awarwith England and any other nation, and | get credit for their patriotism and lofty love of country, but keep the game in their own hands. happen. At any rate that is not the way nor the course which just and lofty and respect great question of peace or war. This constant speculation, this supposition that war may come, is half as bad as war itrelf. It interferos with all the business and arrangements of life. It coi founds and confuses mon in regard to their own business plane, What we want is settled peace, and the convic- | ion that peace will remain until thore is some just and | sensible cause for war. On this subject [ have only further to say that, while it is our duty not to take or to spread alarm, to believe and trust that the government, that the country will act erly, and wisely, and justly, it ia a less difficult thing | than some people imagine,to begin diag fe, whose re- sultnomanin the end can control. Let the govern- ment only be sure that itis right—in the words of one of the Into Presidents of the U. States, lot us claim all that is right, and ask for nothing that is wrong, freely | and magnanimously, and without any particular array of patriotic declaration, (Laughter) ;\mong other great questions upon which the election of next Monday must have some bearing, is that system of laws which we call the tariff, which has received the general support of the people of the State, Every man expects & ferocious attack upon the whole eystem.— Every man expecta that since the government now | power Was established by the general voice of the anti- tariff States, that an at bp will be made to destroy that whole policy. How far they wall succeed | know not. There aro circumatan it it—cir | cumstances of the pees character. But say. question is with the people of Massachusetts. What have the England. Who isto settle it? Amecicans mainly ; some | if there be | Th say fora moment, that when fifty or a hundred thousand | tration a war should ensue on the question, cannot stand , sensible man can do to avert the conflict, I undertake to | that no power or popularity can uphold his shaking | it—must expect to be himseif consumed in a burning | h shall canse the loss of millions of wealth— | every latitude | | now some agitation for fear of a war. I regret th much, Thardly say I regret the feeling—that is natural, But | regret the . It isa common mistake of men | 1 i (Laughter) These ue those who think that they can | That may not | le mou feel on the | NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNING, N people of Massachusetts to expect from any change Vaking the act of 1842 aya general law, of general ope- ration, what have the good people of Massachusetts for good to expect from any change. ‘The question is whether the tariff is conducive to the prosperity of Massachusetts. Whatis the criterion? I put it upon one ground only; I put it upon this one ground. 1 do not inquire what profits are made by the rich capitalist, or whether or not a few individuals grow rich under its influeyce; but I put the question: are the laboring class- off? Are their wages high? Is labor in demand? sexe questions comprise the prosperity of five- of the community.) Are they in good condition? Lash} these questions; and if you give me a countr' whey labor is in demand, and the laboring classes well off, | call that a happy country—tariff or no tar (Cheers.) Does any man suppose that if the tariff of 1842 were repealed it would raise the price of wages in Massachu- setts! There are parts of it which, had we opportunity, we might doubtless alter to advantage ; it has its imper- fections ; but take it as a whole—does any man suppose | thatif it were destroyed to-day, and the grand favorite system of a horizontal duty—as they call it—of 20 per cent sheuld be levied in its stead, that the labor of Mas- sachusetts would be recompensed as it is now? I ob- England to support this theory of ad valorem duties, ant a revenue standard ; and the rate of 20 percent upon as just right. Now | have reason to know that Washington's administration to this time, the average of all the duties, redu specific duties to ad valorem, would amoant to an average ad valorem duty of more than 34 per cent, Another fact is, that while we are constantly told of the example of England in this matter, and of her liberal policy, and are advised as all those who read our gov- ernment journe!s must remember, to follow in the foot- steps of Sir Robert Peel, und adopt his liberal policy— have seen it demonstrated by competent writers of Eng- land, thatthe average rate of duty in that country thin day, even under Sir Robert Peei's new xystem, is no less than 49 per ceut. Forty -n per cent! and yet we ara duties to 20 percent! (Laughter and cheers.) One thing more, gentlemen. There has always been an attempt—tor the last twenty years or more—to show that this protective policy helps the rich only—building up such establishments only as Lowell and Springtield, and other places where large operations are carried on. his is not the foundation of the system and never was Ifyou go back to the adoption of the constitution, or if you look at the state of things amongst vs as it is now, | the fact is, that it is in the manufactures of a more indi- | vidual character, the shop manufactures, those of the | workers in iron, in brass, of the artizans working in | their own shops, with the assistance of their wives and children, these are the interests for the benefit of which the system was founded in Washington’s time and is now.—(Cheers.) And let every man think of this, and when he is told of the aggrandisement of the great capitalists at Lowell, and Dover and Providence and elsewhere, let him look at the many hundreds of thousands of small capitalists - hammering over their own anvils—making hats in their own shops —odtaining by these proces: support and education for their families, and then let him remember that without the duties at the customs there ix not one of these manufacturers that could sur- vive twelve months, Gentlemen, the election is before us. We should be Monday’s balloting, were it not that in the course of years of prosperity, there have grown up—l will hardly say divisions among the whig party—but that some of them have separated from us, drawing off trom us friends, many good men who think with us upon these | €reat questions, particularly in regard to the peace of | the country, the protective policy und the maiutenance of the constitution of the United 5 Massachu- setts. ‘These have withdrawn eflectually all their aid from us in the support of these great objects fer the sake of what they call a « separate organization.” I allude to the party called the liberty party, and to the native American party. proach or unkindness. 1 think of them “more in sorrow than in anger.” (Applause.) I must look upon some of them as upon our brethren who were with us but lately, listening and speakipg in our councils in this very hall. I mean, gentlemer the Native Republican party, of them, or think of them withapy unkindne: bene of our bone, and flosh of our flesh. (Cheers.) ment—deeply, fervently jament, the course they think it their duty to pursue. Whatcan they de? What can they do? if there is anything in thiscountry which is acherished object of the Whigs, it is a reformation of the naturalization laws. Who, of all the Native American party will go farther for this purpose than I have gone, and am willing to go still under the Constitution, for the protection of American, Native American rights, and the purity of the ballot box? [Applause, in the midst of which a loud voice cried “you're a good native, Daniel,” to which Mr. Webster answered as the cheers subsided, “I rather think Iam.” Renewed laughter and applause.) Within the limits of the constitution I am willing to go asfaras he who goes the farthest. I am older than some of the Native Americans themselves. (Laughter.) Thave seen the pernicious influence of these foreign votes fortho last thirty years, and have raised my voice when there was some chance to make it heard; and | have been met by that party, that political party, that ul- ways counts upon every foreigne: certainly as any monarch of Europe counts upon his serfs. 1 ba: that there w: remedy for the evil but a revision of the naturalization laws, For this I have done all in my power; I willdo all in‘ny power. (Cheers) And what lament is that those who have united for this very pur- pose, themselves take away a great part of the strength | necessary to accomplish what they desire, and which let | me tell them we desire as much as they do. And I put this to them as a matter of conscience, for I hold tnat every man who holds the elective franchise holds it as a trust, We may say that he may vote as he has a mind to do, unless he takes care not to injure others. He is as much bound to give a correct decision, as if he were act ing upon a jury under oath. Every man’s vote affects the interest of every other man, and when we say that he has a right to vote, as he has a mind to, we must reduce it to this, that he has a right to vote right. (Applause) Now I put it to every man—and there shall be neither taunt nor reproach in my lan- guage—what can he propose to himself favorable to the amelioration of the naturalization laws by n separate or- ganization? On the contrary, I do firmly believe that every vote withheld for this teason, from the Whig can- didate, is like an express resolution to diminish the pow- er, the chance, and the prospect of a revision of the nat- uralization laws, These gentlemen will send no members to Congress, but if they go on, they will prevent the sending by the | whigs of those who would probably advance their ob- jects, and they thus promote the electing of those who are opposed to their objects. Who are they who are responsible on this principle of general morals for the annexation of Texas and the Spread of negro slavery over another great portion of the globe? Men to whom the evil was pointed out, and who in the exercise of a common intelligence could not but have foreseen it. It will be admitted to be a general principle of morals that every man who foresees an evil and can prevent it, ind does not choose to prevent it, is himself responsible | for that evil ; and [ would apply that remark not only to | the Native American party, Phe by an awfnl application | to another party that exists among us. There could not | have been aman in the United States who did not see that in withholding his vote from the whig candidate ho aided directly the election of the locofoco candidate for President and Vice President, and that the choice of these locofoco candidates must inevitably result in the annexation of Texas. Was it not proclaimed from every hill-top? It was told to Mr. Birney and his fol- | lowers again and egain: “If the whig candidate is chosen, ‘Texas is out, and you know it; if he 1s not chosen, Texas is in, and you know it.” But they said, “we do ino’ vote for Mr. Polk.” Very woll. But you had the means of preventing the annexation of Texas; you knew your own power. By ‘They a Mine to be, to prevent it, you could prevent it. If you did not | Join them it would take place. You did not join them and it did take place, Gentlemen, this is a subject on which | have deep feeling—very deep feeling—and [ think it must stand on the [ages of history as the recorded judgment of man- | kind, that those among ua who asserted themselves to | bo ina peculiar and marked degree friends to aniversal liberty, have by their own deliberate act, fastened the chains of slavery una great portion of the black race over a vast extent of this continent. It is to me the most mournful and most awful reflection. I know that thousands of gentlemen who took such a | course, say that they meant well. ‘They meant well I am not to serutinize their motives, they must auswer for | those elsewhere,—but I beseech thein,now, not to fall into another such mistake. | | do not say how well founded, that there may be yet a hope for resistance to the consummation of the annexa- tion of ‘I [Enthusiastic applause.) 1 can only ‘xa! | say for one, that if it should fall to my lot to have a vote | on such a question, and I vote for the admission into this Union of any State with a Constitution which prohibits | even the Legislature from ever setting the bondman fre [shall never show my head again, depend upon it, in | Faneuil Hall. [Tremendous cheering.} |, But, gentlemen, suppose it to be co; suppose the caro, that in the ensuing session of Congress, your members fairly and freely protest against the consummation of this annexation; why, how are we to stand in Massa- etts ? How are we to stand in Massachusetts ? Are we to have the gentleman who is nominated by the Loco Focos, the governor of the State, and to fight the battle under his auspices ? By dissensions among ourselves,and lists of sevoral other candidates, are we so tu prostrate ourselves? While we are to sustain these great princi- ples in Congress, are we to be Tovusteined at home ?— No, gentlemen. But | say again, that every man who « vote for any other man than George N. Briggs, does in that respect all in his power to weaken the au- thority with which his representatives in Congress can stand up and protest any longer against consummating this annexation. | may not flatter myself, perhaps, that any person be longing to that party hears me, but if there Ve such, 1 beseech him in brotherly love’ and kinduass, and as a partaker in the general sentiments which they entertain, to consider whether he is not defeating their best objects by pursuing the course which they have adopted. | would beseech brethren to come back upon that old plat- form, brood enough to sustain us all—on which we set out together as Whigs, on which, as Whigs, wo achieved someting for the good of the country—on which, and not otherwise letting by-gones be by-goues, rallying under the great name which our ancestors bore—confi dent that as Whigs we can accomplish a good for the Constitution and the country which no other name among us is able to accomplish here or hereafter But gentlemen, there are among us, those who are | serve that the government organ quotes the exdmple of | irom the beginning of this government down, from Gen. | to fullow the example of England, and bring down our | of manufacture | here to-night with no possible doubt of tho result of next | I cannot spoak of either of these parties in terms of re- | whom it is the farthest thing from my mind to speak of | joining those as anxious as you are, or as you profess — It is thought, it is an idea, | willing to do old duty under the old nam ig’ out variation or change. (Cheers.) Whatis the duty, devolving upon us! What are we to do under some cir cumstances of discouragement ? What are we to do ‘The answer is plain, We ure todo our duty, our whole duty—with all the affections of our hearts and all the powers of our minds, and then to trust to Providence. If anything should happen to tarnish the fame of Mas: chusetts; anything which should cause deep regret for her or for the country, let us so conduct ourselves that y of persoual self-reproach shall not be ad- @ sources of regret and mortification. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, Ist us lay ande every other call of ordi nary duty until we have done ourutmost to establish our principles in the election of our candidates. I ata here necessarily engaged, in professional affairs. The town in which i reside is so far distant that | must devote two days to go thither and vote there. But I should go if cost ten ‘days, (Cheers) Let us all do our duty, un falteringly, laboriously, sol erly. And when after Mon- day tho question is asked,which certainly will be asked, beginning at Rhode Island spreading as far as Georgia, and westward to Wisconsin, “How stands old Massachusetts” let you and I be able to hold up our | heads and say “Look at her and see how she stands!” Army Affairs. Wan Deranrmenr, Apsurant Grvena Washington, Nov. Gexrnat Onvexs, No. 50.—Promotions and appoint ments fn the army, made by the President of the United States, since the promulgation ot “General Orders,” No. | 31, of July 7, 1846. 1, Promorions Second Regiment of Dragoons.—Brevet 2d Lieut. Jo- seph H. Whittlesey,to be second lieutenant, November 3, 1845 Third Regiment of Artillery Gates, to be colonel, Oct 13, 1845, vice Armistead, de- | ceased. Major Francis 8. Belton, of the 4th artillery, to | | be lieutenant colonel, October 13, 1845, vice Gates, pro: | | ieut. Colonel William moted. Fourth Regiment of Artillery.-Brevet Major John L. | Gardner, captain 4th artillery, to be major, October 13 1845, vice Belton, promoted. First Liewt. Raphael C. Smead, to be captain, October 13, 1849, vice Gardner, romoted. Second Lieut. Francis N. Clarke, to be first | lieutenant, October 13,1843, vice Smead, promoted. 8e- | cond Lieut, George W. Getty, to be first lieutenant, Oc- | tober 31, 1845, vice Soley, deceased. Brevet 2d Lieut Daniel I. Hill, of the rd artillery, to be second lieuten- ant, October 13, 1845, vice Clarke, promoted. Brevet 2d | Lieut. John H. Grelaud, of the Ist artillery, to be second itenant, October 31, 1849, vice Getty, promoted Third Regiment of Infantry.—Kirst Lieut. Joseph L. Coburn, to be captain, November 3, 1545, vice Cotton, | esigned. Second Lieut. Oliver L. Shepherd, to$be first | lieutenant, November 3, 1849, vice Coburn, promoted. | Brevet 2d Lieut. Robert Hazlitt, of the 1th infantry, to be | | second lieutenant, November 3, 1845, vice Shepherd, pro- | | moted. | | Fourth Regiment of Infantry —Lient. Colonel William Whistler, of the 7th infantry, to be colonel, July 1, 184: vice Vose, deceased. Brevet 2nd Lieut. Christopher ©. | 22d infantry, to be second lieutenant, Sep- | 5, vice Higgins, deceased. Brevet 2d Li ier, of the 7thinfantry, to be seeond lieu- tenant, September 12, 1845, vice Berry, deceased. | Sixth Regiment of Infantry.—Capt Benjamin L. E. Bon- | neville, of the 7th infantry, to be mayor, July 15, 1845, vice Hoffman, promoted. Seventh Regiment of Infantry.—Major William Hott. | Tautanant colonel uly First Lieut. Roger | man, of the 6th infantry, to be 15, 1845, vice Whistler, promoted. § Dix, tobe captain, July 15, 1815, vice Bonneville, | promoted. First Lieut, Richard ©, Gatlin, to be captain September 30, 1845, vice Dix, sppointed paymaster. Se- | cond Lieut. James R. Scott, to be first lieutenant, Jul 15, 1845, vice Dix, promoted. Second Lieut. Charles H. umber, to be first lieutenant, September 30, 1544, vice | Gatlin, promoted. Brevet 2d Lieut. Ulysses 3. Grant, of | the 4th infantry, to be second lieutenant, September 30, | 1845, vice Humber, promoted. Brevet 2d Lieut. Joseph | H. Potter, of the Ist infantry, to be second lieutenant, October 21, 1845, vice Quimby, resigned. Eighth Regiment of {nfatry.—Brevet 2d Lieut. Theo- | dore L. Chadbourne, of the 2d infantry, to be second | lieutenant, September 10, 1845, vice Darne, resigned.— Brevet 2d Lieut. Edmunds B. Holloway, of the 4th in- fantry, to be second lieutenant, September 26, 1845, vice Handy, deceased. ge Il, Aprorntwents—Quartermaster’s Department—First | utenant Morris S. Miller, 3d artillery, to be stant | quartermaster, with the rank of captain, September 13, | 1845, Pay Department.—Roger 8. Dix, captain of the 7th in- fantry, tobe paymaster, September 30, 1845, vice Da- resigned. Seventh Regiment of Infantry.—Thomas R. Quimby, | of Maine, to be second lieutenant, August 1, 1845. | IL, Casvauvres. Resignations (6.)—Captain John W. Cotton, 3d infant- | ry, November 3, 1845, Captain Dixon 8S. 8, of the 7th intantry, as assistant quartermaster (only), Septem- ber 30, 1845, Captain Roger S. Dix, as captain of the | 7th infantry, and as tant quurtermaster, September , 30, 1845. Second Lieut. Alexander C. H. Darne, 8th in- fantry, September 10, 1845. Second Lieut. ‘Thomas R. Quimby, 7th infantry, October 1845. Paymaster Charles Davies, September 30, 18: | | i Armistead, colonel of the 3d artillery, at Upperville, Va., October 13, 1845, Colonel Josiah H. Vor 4th infantry, at New Orieai . First Lieut James R. Soley, 4th a y, N. ¥., October | 31,1845. Second Lieut. Thaddeus Higgins, 4th infantry, | Corpus Christi, Texas, September 12, 1845. Second Lieut. Benj. A. Berry, 4th infantry, near Corpus Christi, ‘Texas, Sept. 12, 1845. Second Lieut. James O. Handy, infantry, at Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 26, 1845. he officers promoted ' and appointed ‘will join their proper regiments, compan ions, without delay ; those on detached service, or acting under spe cial instructions, will report by letter to the command- ing officers of their respective regiments and corps. By order, R. JONES, Adjutant General. Deaths, (6 )—Brevet Brigadier General Walker K. | 4j, New York Legislature, 1546. Senate. District. Dem. Native. 1 John A «+. Geo Folsom. ford. see 2 AA Dayo, ‘ J B Smith, oe R Denniston, oe Saxton Smith. tee 3 John C Wright, W H Van Schoonhover 8 C Johnson, pies John P Beekman ‘ 4 TB Mitchell, a Orvilie Clarke, a AC Rand, Samuel Young. aes 5 € P. Scovill, Jos. Spencer Thomas Barlow, she E B Talcott. 6 T Chamberlin, oe Clark Burnham, oie ‘ George D. Bee: a 4 Thomas J Walke: a ‘ 7 John Potter, os . Albert Lester, ee ° H G Sedgwick, oa 3 R H Williams. aor . 8 eee Harry Putnam, . * F Backus, los Emmons, Gideon Hard. tee Dem. Anti-Rent, CHEMUNG. ALL NY. ALBANY A Primmer. Nathaniel Coe. RD Watson, CHENANGO, John G Collins. 'T L Shafer, Solomon Ensign, Broome, Ira Harris , Dr. Sands, Selphronius French. Detaware. Cuintox. Carrara Orrin Foote, | NP Gregory, Gideon Searle, R Lewis. CoLu MBA EJ Ric Levi Pitts, Caruga. W E Heermance Wm J Cornwell, Renssacaen. Jeremiah Hanver. Samuel Bell, HZ Hayner. Dercness. John T Rathbun. Bcnenrotapy, wn Cuavravaur D M Moore FRANKLIN. elisha Ward. ScHonanty, Sidney Lawrence. Madison Burnell, Thos. Smith. Fuuton. Lake. . © 8 Grinnel, CRENANGo. Greenn. HE Storrs, Neeley Lawrence. Corria PH Van Bergen. John Mil Herki Amos (i WmC Crain, 7 Henry Eysemadi. JrrPRRsON. Levi Miller, Henderson Hawk, En. Nathan K Hall, John T Bush, Elihu McNeil, James Wood. Kins. Essex. Gamaliel King, Caleb D Barton. J A Voorhies Genesser. MADISON. Asron Long, Thomas Y Loomis, Heman Blodget. Dr Potter, Lewis, Horace Hawks, Nelson J Beach. Montaomerny, Livinaston. Theodore Liddle. John Young, New Youx. WS Fulterton. Alex Wells, Monror. Joshua Fleet, WE Bloss, see Thomas Spofiord, J R Thompson, aan Robert H Ludlow, Matthias KR Angle sae Gerardus ee Niacara. sae Wilson Small, Lot Clark, os Samuel J ‘Tilden, | Morgan Johnson. wet James H Titus, Onetpa. . Alex Stewart, Benjamin Cooper, . JC Albertson, © C Cook, J D Stevenson, JE Develin, Daniel Dorrance. Russel Fuller. Jonn Townsend. Ononvaca. » Ononpaca. E L Philips. LJ Teft, Ostanio. Alonzo Wood. Alvah Worden, JC Kinne. E ORANGE. Wilkin Secor, RR Thompson, Dexter Kingman. W L Benedict. Orsrco. Osweco. Ebenezer Blakely. Thomas Skelton, RENsSrLaKR. Reuben Drake. Samuel McClellan, Orseao. Justus Nolton. G W Stillman, Saratoca. A A Mather. JM Marvin, PurNam. Chancey Boughton. Benjamin bailey. Wasninaron. QuEEN SS Viele, John Will Lodowecus Foster. Ricumonp. Warnn. Rockann. Scnonante. ‘Thomas Sawyer. Sr. Lawnencr- Rogers, OFM Sih A G Chatfield. as Svrroux, Richard A Udell, Samuel A Gardiner. Sunuivan. Richard Oliver. Tioga. Gideon 0 Chase. Unsren, Westcuesten, Memonanpa. | Re-appointments.—Benjamin ¥. Larned, re-appointed | paymaster inthe army, from November 24, 1845, when | his present appointment will expire. ‘Thomas J. Leslie, | re-appointed paymaster in the army, from November 27, Is45, when his present appointment will expire. St. | Clair Denny, re-appointed paymaster in the army, trom October 16, 1845, when his former appointment expired Transfe: Major W. V. Cobbs, of the oth infantry tothe 4th infantry. Major T. Staniford, of the 4th in | fantry, to the Sth infantry. Brevet Major 8. Cooper | captain 4th artillery, from Company D to Company A, Tne Storm on tHe Lake.—The absence of any boat by the Cleveland route, prevents full particu- lara of the extent of losses to those vessels reported ashore. The London is in from Detroit, but passing close to the ( ide, during hazy weather, nnd ma- adds but little to the information The brig St. Louis lst, which on Sunday morning, under charge of the mate, Mr. Keeler, is ashore beyond long Point, on the Canada shore; and the brig Rebecca, Captain Allen, with a full cargo of flour, &c., from Detroit, is beached above Point Abino. The steamer Bunker Hill has gone to their assistance. The schooner Bugbee, Til- ton, master, is also reported ashore, on the south side of the lake. We expect to hear of other disasters. The large sloop Helen Kent, loaded with merchandise for Conneaut, passed that place on Sunday evening, and has not since been heard from. ‘The Clay nd, Bone, | master, announced as being ashore at Erie, has been got | off, with her cargo ina damaged condition. We learn | | trom the Erie Gazette, that alter the subsidence of the | gale, the beach at that place was strewed with wheat, | and ‘that fears are entertained of the sinking of some | | vessel. | ‘The storm has pretty much ceased, and a fleet of steamers left this morning westward—one only for the upper lakes, the Si Louis. The Madison is announced to tollow immediately. Sail vessels ure waiting, for a wind. The Detroit Express, of Wednesday evening, says :— | We are informed by’ passengers who came up on the | ‘mpire and United States, that many vessels are aground. | ‘The storm commenced Sunday morning, blowing from | north-east, and continued to increase until evening, when | a north wind threatened to drive every thing upon the | American shore. The United States, when between Erio and Fairport, became partially disabled, but through great exertions, she was carried safe into Fairport. It is ple to state the amount of loss occasioned by tho | A vessel belonging to Messra, Smith, Glover & Dwight, was wrecked near Huron. She was insured.” Buffalo .Adv., Nov. More Mormon Dirricutigs.—A gentleman from ; the Upper Mississippi informs us that a few days ago the Sheriff of Rock Island came to Nauvoo with a writ for one of the Reddings, charged to have been con- cerned inthe murder of Col. Davenport. After Redding | had been arrested, and was about going on board a boat for Rock Island, a body of Mormons collected round the Sheriff for the purpose of rescuing the prisoner, and in | the attempt Redding received ashot in the leg, and the | Sheriffa wound from a pistelshot. The prisoner escaped. We further understand, that Major Warren, the com- | mander of the forces stationed in the county, had several writs to serve in Nauvoo, which he would attempt to ex- ecute on Tuesday last, when it was expected the Mor- | mons would offer opposition to their service. If these | reports be true, and the Mormons do in fact offer resi#t- | ance to Major Warren, they w ill bring upon themselves | another ditticulty immediately. We are surprised they | don’t see the danger they incur by this course of resist- , ance. We sre not fully informed as to the character of the writs to be served, but understand that some of them are against tome of the members of the Council of | Twelve, which includes the leaders or pri the church. St. Louis Republican, Oct. 31. | James Arlington Bennett is said to be trying to act the lion et Nauvoo at the at time. He will be roughly handled it he falls into the hands of the anti-Mormons. Backenstos has removed the trial of his case to Peoria connty by change of venue. ‘The Warsaw Signal says, that three Mormon houses were burned last week in the south end of the county, by whom it does not know. The Signal censures such acts in strong terms. We learn from a letter from Nauvoo, that the anti-Mor- mons threatened an attack on the night of the 22d, upon | the Camp Creek settlement, but that their designs were | known and would be frustrated. The Mormons are | making arrangements to leave for California in the | spring, in companies or divisions of one hundred each, tnd they. will, take their printing establishment with | them.—S. Louis Reporter, Nov. 1. Mr. Martin Demaret, of Franklin, Aitakapas, died | a few days ago, at the age of 58. He was a veteran of | 1816.—N.0. Bee, Nov. 1. pal men of | | its mediation to bri JK Ha Ezra Yare: George Woolcott « Stare or Pantinsin tHe Lecistature. Senate. For 1846. For 1845. Democrats... — 25 7 Whigs ....0. 6 4 Natives ee 7 1 o Dem. maj... 18 2 or Assempty. Democrats... — 7 7 Whigs +. OD oo Anti-Renters.. 4 Natives 16 Irregular Dei 1 ol ob Dem. maj... 6 6 Hantrorp, Nov. 8, 1845. Exhibitions—Dr. Baird's Lectures—Evecle- siastical, §c. The old Circus house, on State-House square here, which, for some twenty years past has been profaned as a storage house for wagons, &c., is now demolished, to make room for a large splendid four-story building, in Circus House— | continuation and completion of that ornament to our city the American buildings. But although the Thespians of our city have long since been proscribed from having a building, with all its appendages, to exhibit their gods. still, of one order of theatricals we are surteited, in the public halls. This week we have had, at one hall, negro dancing, (and,of course,the wonderful “Juba,”) and sing. ing. Another company of female dancers (white) &c., followed them. At another hall, Dr. Sunderland was lecturing on Pathetism, Phrenology, Mesmerism, and sundry other isms. At another hall we have optical illu sions and dissolving views, And ata church, Dr. Baird's lectures on Russia, Poland, France, and Europe in gene- ral, The first kind of exhibition is our " Palmo%” or “Alhamra,” the second our Olympic, the third our hum- bug, the fourth our American museum, (without the petrified skeleton, baboon, and 100,000 curiosities,) and the last is for the upper ten thor who think more in their hoads t! desire facts, not fine-spun theories a m, of them are well attended, and especially the commence. ment of Dr. B.'s lectures, which was attended by over five’hundred persons. The Fourth Church inthis city, whose pastor recently went to Brooklyn, New York, has given a unanimous call to Rev. Mr. Burchard of yourcity. This, | take it, will be called a fair exchange, no robberyfor New York and Brooklyn are looked’ upon as one city, ina great many respects Newarx.—Permission was given by the City Council, last evening, to the agent of the Magnetic Telegraph Company, to erect posts, under the direction of the Street Commissioner, Lert the city, for the magnetic communication between Philadelphia and New York. ‘The agent has commenced putting up posts along High street, A census of the city was ordered last eve- ning, and Mr. B. T. Pierson, compiler ef the City Direc- tory, was appointed to take it, $130 being appropriated for the purpose. The work must be completed by the first Friday of January. It will include, besides an enu meration of the population, a full account of the facto- ries and business of the city. The contract with the Aqueduct Company, for supplying the city with water, was also concluded last evening, and provision made to sakthe sanction of the Legislature.—Newark Advertiser, Nov. 8. Centra, America.—Dates have been received at_ the city of Mexico, trom Guatemala, to the 28th of August. The Government of this State has interposed about a cessation of hostilities be- tween Honduras and San Salvador. Notwithstanding, ere had been two combats between the belligerents, the first of which the forces of Honduras obtained a ht advantage, and in the second were totally routed The State of Nicaragua has yielded its consentto name Commissioners who may tute with those of the other States to organise a general or controlling power.—N. O. Picayune, Nov. Unrversity or Vir@inia.—At a meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, held last week, George W. Spooner, Esq. was appointed to tho office of proctor and patron. A new professorship of History and General rature has been establi ‘A reduction in tl take place at th abolished.- Char! end of the session, and others will be lottesville Jeffersonian. ’ Varieties. ; Captain Fremont, in his narrative, mentions the | loss of one of his men upon the plains of North © nia, named Baptiste de Rosier, whom he supposed to _ have become bewildered and perished Rosier arrived in St. Louls on the 25th ult. says the Missourian, bring- ing with him a certificate from Capt. Sutter, dated Upper Helvetia, California, May 15th, 1515, which states that Rosier, having lost himself upon the plains, wandered about many days; he at last reached Sutter's settlement, on the Rio Sacramento, but several days after Fremont’s Expeditien had left on their return home inthe spring of 1844. He staid at Sutter’s until last spring, and then re- turned to the United States with some trade: | There is a certain sea captain who sails from Bos- ton, who loves his wife, and makes a great pet of her, when he is athome. She always writes him very lengthy epistles, while he is away; but the careful and affection- man never thinks of opening them. He just lays them by, tied up and labelled according to their dates, in order, on his return, that his wife should read them to him, all of a lump. Seventy-seven thousand newspapers were mailed at the Post Ottice at Concord, N. H., during the single month of October. They were all printed in that town. The numbers received from abroad, in the same time, was nine thousand. In Georgia, a fellow disguised himself as the ++ | devil, robbed the house of arich widow,and was making + | off, when Jake Bradiock, returning from the muster field, also disguised by liquor, shot dead the gentlem: in black, in spite of his brimstone breath and his olub | feot. When they came to disrobe and examine the fal | len angel, he was found to be a citizen of the neighbor- | hood. | On Friday, while two men employed in Bissell’s Iron Works at Alleghany city, Pa., was standing near a | tap box,the vehicle was upset through the inexperience of athird hand. The molten ore exploded and was ‘thrown inte their faces and eyes. One of them, Mr Richard Keep, lost both his eyes, and tne other, Mr. Thos. Boyd, had his left arm burned to the bone. !t was thought that both of them would die. All the western towns and cities are appointin delegates to attend the Memphis Convention, whic! promises to be one of the largest business assemblages ever gathered together in the United Stat Pittsburg, we see, has appointed twenty-six delegates to represent that city A man named Eustis, belonging to Quincy, while at work for the railroad company upon an arched bridge in Fitchburg, on Friday, the structure gave vied and he fell among the timbers and rubbish, and was fatally in- jured. His skull was fractured and both his legs and ‘arms were broken in several places. His head was crushed so badly that his brain was visible, and yet he retained his senses. The physicians gave no hope of his recovery. Mr. John Sharkey, of the firm of Smith & Shar- \ key, China merchants, Baltimore street, fell through the hatchway of his store this morning about 10 o’clock, and so seriously injured himself that his life is despair- ed of.—Baltimore Patriot, Friday. In the palace of San Souci, Frederick the Great’s room is preserved as he left it, with his uniform, clothes, books, pens and paper, all unmoved; while the clock, which, by a strange coincidence, stopped at the moment of his death, still tad the hand to twenty minutes past two.—Sinclair’s Hill and Valley. A requisition has been presented to Mr. F. Web- ster, by some of the most influential residents of Boston, requesting him to deliver his lectures on China in that city, to which he has consented. Between May 1840 and May 1845, between 900 and 1000 persons have taken the benefit of the insolvent law, in the Island of Jamaica, leaving debts nearly to the amount of £1,200 000. T here are very little above 350,000 inhabitants on the island. At a “shooting” in this town yesterday, Mr. Har- rison Newton went up and took hold of the turkey ex- osed for shots. A marksman not minding him, fired and illed the turkey while his hand was on it. Distance 35 rods.—Barre Gazette. Mr. George W. Dobbins, of this city, shot on Saturday last, in company with'a friend, thirty six par- triges and four rabbits. They were out only a few hours in the neighborhood of Buddtowa, in this county.—Bur- lington Gaz. 2 Miss Hershel, of Paradise township, Lancaster county, Pa., when returning from a quilting party, was thrown from a horse and her skull was so dreadfully fractured that she died the next evening. Brigadier General Charles Cuvillier, departed this life last evening at § o'clock. —N. O. Bee, Nov. 1. The steamer Confidence arrived at Hannibal on Tuesday evening last, with about two hundred Pennsyl- vania Germans on beard. They are from Westmoreland aud Beaver counties, and from five to six hundred more are expected from the same counties during the present season. They areall going to Shelby county in this State, where the united colony will make about three thousand souls. They have been setthng there a year past.— St. Louis Repub., Nov 1 Baxter, another of the murderers of Colonel Da- venport, at Rock island, has been found guilty and sen- tenced to be hung. in the case of the Redings, the jury could not agree : ten were for a conviction, and two for acquitting them, The Right Rev. Bishop Chase was among the passengers on board the steamer National, which ar- rived here yesterday.—St. Louis Repub., Nov. 1. Two American traders were attacked and mor- tally wounded, says the Missouri Reporter, by a party of Pawnees, a few weeks ago, near the Caw Missionary Station. A Mr. Johnson effected his escape, and havin, met with Mr. Papin’s trading party, was furnished with clothing, a gun and ammunition. ‘He was subsequently robbed and stripped by a party of Caws, and finally met and conducted to the station by another trader, who fell in with him onthe Prairies. The Sioux and Pawnees continue to carry on a skirmishing war with each other. Curious Srory.—Spain— Encuanp—Cusa.—We saw an article in El Padilla of yesterday, headed “Muy Importante,” which states that from a passenger who arrived on the Titi in this city a few days ago from Havana, it learned that news had been received there that an English frigate, entering the roads of Sacrificios, anchored near the Spanish brig £1 Patriota. ‘That a sa- lute was fired, as is customory in such cases, and that two men on board the Spanish brig were killed, pro- bably from the fact that the frigate’s guns were loaded with ball. That the commander of the Spanish brig sent two of his officers on board the frigate to inquire into the cause of the catastrophe; they were received with contempt and dismissed with disgrace. The Com- mandant of 1 Patriota then sent an oificer on board the English frigate to demand correct information as to the c of the disaster, and satisfaction for the insult which he supposed had been given to his two former messengers, and it is stated that he was received with the same indignities as his former companions, upon which the brigantine made sail, and as it passed the fri- gate discharged a broadside iato her, and afterwards took a pesition in which it was believed that she waited for a combat with the frigate. This same passenger also informed the editor of El Padilla that this caused great excitement in Havana, and that a num| of vessels of war, aud amoug them a steamship, were fitting out to proceed to Vera Cruz. ‘This story may be taken for what it is worth. We doubt its truth, for the simple reason that we do not believe that the English frigate would have hesitated for a moment to meet the brig, and to conquer her if possible. We disbelieve it for the reason that the news has not been promul gated by other means than the report of “ a passenger,” when the captain of the Titi and all others in Havane must have been informed of the fact.—N. O. Delta, Oct, 31. Micnigax Evection.—We have the Detroit Eve- ning Express of Wednesday, containing sundry re- turus of the olection that was held on Tuesday. li the city of Detroit the locos have a majority of 86 only.— Bates, whig stump candidate for Senator, ran about 50 ahead of his ticket. We copy the following trom the Ezpress: Hamtramck has gone locotoco by 86 majori- ty. Springweils, whig, by 16 majority—a wig gain of 15, Greenfield gives 9 locofoco majority. Dearborn has gone locofoco by the same majority as last year, 58. Roy- al Oak is whig by 20 majority. Troy is whig by a large majority—we could not ascertain the numbers. If th Western counties have done as well as old Washtenaw, the State is redeemed. While the locofocos in that coun: ty were hunting coons in this city, the whigs were work - ing the great change of 550. Jackson is rumored to have gone locotoco by 70 majority. Calhoun has elected her entire locotoco ticket. Returns from a few towns in Macomb county, render it probable that the loco ticket has succeeded in that county by about one hundred and fifty majority. ‘Tue Magnetic Tetegraru.—tt is stated that the line of telegraph between Baltimore and Philadel- phia will not be completed during the coming in notwithstanding all assertions to the contrary, Vhe price of telegraphic despatches from Washington to Bal- tumore, as fixed by the Postmaster General, is one ceut for font letters. Words average five letters in our lan- guage. One thousand words, or half of an ordinar paper columa, would cost, therefore, twelve dol- id i ‘The time occupied in 1 th letters, fonltedine matey the ordinary calculation of trers to the miuute. A very skilful manipulator Ray do better than that, Mz. Vaily believe, far exceeds graphing eighty-two letters a minute. During the ion, advices Were sent to the Baltimore papers from Washington by the telegraph gratis ; afterwards, the government took up the subject, and fixed the rate of postage, as above, by regulation of the Postmaster Ge- neral. It is doubted wh rve the press, hereafter, other Mr. Vail supposes tl the press will be fixed at a public generally. Rep River.—The Alexandria Decocrat of the 22d ult. says: ‘ But twice in the memory of the ‘oldest inhabitant’—an octogenarian for whom we entertain pro- fround respect ~ has the river been so low as it is at the present moment. On Sunday last the level of ‘Old Red’ was taken by R.S Smith, bsq, and found to be forty feet nine inches below high water mark. How much more it will full remains to be seen; but one thing certain— if it continues to grow ‘ beautifully less,’ the will not be a damp spot left to tell the tale for future an- It is very difficult for the light draught bouts tiquarioim, trade to make passage between the mouth ant this p ni charges for passage and freight, of course are very high p?